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+CHANGES IN VERSION 1.2.0
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+    o added blue background to IDR distribution histograms
+    o updated roxygen2 version to 7.1.0
+    o added unit tests
+
 CHANGES IN VERSION 1.0.4
 -------------------------
     o changed max_gap default value from 0 to -1 to conform with convention